Zephyr looked upon the sight of an abyss gate opened up in the courtyard of Goldo's old castle with annoyance. Dwarves brawled and killed one another over the right to enter the hell mouth, much like how the elves were lured into their's, only more violently.
"Seems that there's something in there the dwarves want... which probably means that it is drinkable or voluble!"
"Knowing how hell works by now, it's probably liquid gold that acts as acid of sorts. Welp, better get in there and find out." Zephyr charged into the fray, slashing and gutting everything in his way to the abyss gate. Entering dwarven hell, Zephyr should not have been as surprised as he was to find that it was underground. After cutting his way through a firing line of wraith gunners, he found himself in what looked like a dwarven hall if his minions were allowed to design it. On a grand pedestal stood a mighty statue of Goldo Golderson, twitching and wincing unusually often for a statue.
"Sire, I'm detecting some sentience emanating from that golden Goldo statue. I think our grumpy little friend's spirit may reside inside in it. A golden prison! Now that's eternal damnation with some style!"
"Thank you..." Said the great voice. Zephyr had almost forgotten him already. It seemed that what it was saying about being cursed to be forgotten was true. Exploring the abyss, he soon found a room where dwarves come out of their little holes, glare at a pile of gold like a minion looks at a sheep, and charge right to it. Only for a reaper wraith to make the gold explode, killing the dwarves before they could even touch the gold.
Understandably, that wraith doesn't get tired of watching dwarves explode. However, we are going to need him out of the way if you want that gold, and by out of the way, I mean dead... Again!"
"Like I even need a fucking excuse!" Zephyr said as he charged the reaper, his Infernium ax finding its way into the monster's ribs. His minions soon joined him in the dogpile, and the reaper was dead before it could even summon one lesser wraith. Zephyr then willed his minions to start carrying the gold away, only for the grubby little dwarf to follow them out. Amusing Gnarl to no end.
"Ha! Look at him trundling after that gold. They still can't resist it! Why don't we see what happens if you lure him to a bigger piece?"
"Sometimes Gnarl, I like how you think!" Zephyr then lured the dwarf to the room where Goldo was imprisoned, luring a few more dwarves out of the nearby holes before leading them right to the bastard himself. Shockingly, the moment they saw Goldo, they forgot about the gold and began attacking him.
"The dwarves hatred of Goldo is even greater than their lust for gold! His incarceration amused me... But perhaps it is only fitting that he is hacked apart by his own people! Goldo certainly doesn't like it! Go on, hit him harder, hit him harder!" Gnarl cheered on as the dwarves used their picks to dig away at Goldo, ripping chunks off of him bit by bit. The living statue tried to scream but could only make his agony known through expression. After the bag of gold the minions carried in disappeared did enough chunks fall off of Goldo to crush the dwarves that were attacking him. But also reveal a much greater prize hidden within.
"The abyss stone is hidden inside Goldo! Better lure a few more angry beards in here to dig that little fellow out."
"We have minion miners just outside of the abyss Gnarl, with fare more potent equipment than these damned dwarves have. Let's just call the little buggers in!" At Zephyr's command, the minion miners from the other side of the Golden Hills came rushing in. Their minion empowered Durium picks doing much more damage to the Golden Goldo, exposing the abyss stone in no time at all. And filling Zephyr's coffers with the living gold was a nice bonus.
"It's ours! Quickly, get it out of there before-" Gnarl was then cut off by the arrival of a massive army of dwarves, all looking to claim the abyss for themselves.
"They show up..."
"Bring it on, you little smelly fucks!" I put a good chunk of you down here, and I can keep you down here!" Zephyr then hacked his ax into the ground, using one hand for chain lighting and the other for the inferno spell. His minions wasted no time in butchering the runt's ether, charging into their ranks like a wave of death. Even though they could manifest indefinitely, the dwarven miners were no match for the minion horde or its master. And after a long and grueling battle, Zephyr was finally able to get the abyss stone back to his tower.
"Fucking finally! Now, let's get the hell out of here before-" Just then, the entire abyss began to rumble. Bursting forth from the roof of the cave, a massive creature, purple, covered in evil energy spikes, and adorned in a golden mask with matching armor, snarled at Zephyr.
"You and your little rat army are ruining my plans! Those heroes must be punished! They had everything. Fame, wealth, adoration... And they wasted it! Their suffering will bring me back!"
"You're the one who dared me to keep conquering abysses. Sorry if I'm more than you bargained for."
"HA! Entertaining, but you haven't seen my final act!"
"Oh, I tremble in fear!"
"You really should..." The great beast then slithered back into the hole it made, leaving Zephyr alone with his thoughts, that is until Gnarl started babbling again.
"Drat, sire, I know that creature from my demons deities and damned lessens as a young minion. Can't quite put a name to it... Seems that the more I try to think about it, the more the memory fades."
"That's the curse the mother goddess put on him when they divorced, we told you you were fighting the forgotten god months ago, but you, well, forgot." Jill said over the tower heart communication link, only encouraging Gnarl to ramble more.
"Oh, that would explain everything! Anyone who tries to remember him starts to forget him, that's almost as bad as death for a god. The overeating, the play, those females, he must be trying to claw his way back into the world, making every creature suffer as he does!"
"As someone who is personally opposed to suffering, I say we kill him in the face! Have the minions gather everything of importance from this and the Evernight abyss at once. He said something about his final act, and I sure as hell want to be ready for it when it happens!"
"Yes, sire!" Gnarl said in a little too eager of a tone as Zephyr returned to his tower.